Janet Hinostroza

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Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa generated little actual news during a two-day trip to Chile last month. So Ecuador's four main newspapers did the obvious: They published short wire service dispatches about his visit.

On Tuesday night, CPJ honored four courageous journalists
with the 2013 International Press Freedom Awards. The gala dinner, at New York's
Waldorf-Astoria hotel, raised more than $1.65 million for CPJ's worldwide press
freedom advocacy.

It's by far the dullest space in the newspaper: Every day in
El
Universo, Ecuador's leading daily, readers can find eight small photos
and news blurbs summing up the activities of the eight presidential candidates.
The articles are the same size and blocked together in a layout that resembles
a tic-tac-toe game, minus the ninth square.

On September 11, 2012, the Ecuadoran government interrupted
a morning newscast on the Teleamazonas TV station for an official bulletin. What
could be so urgent? A coup d'etat? An earthquake? A cholera outbreak?

One
result of President Rafael Correa's high-profile campaign to demonize the
country's private media can be seen on the desk of José Velásquez, news manager
at Teleamazonas, a private Quito television station often critical of the
government. Among the documents piled high on his desk are lawsuits, which used
to be a rare thing. Encouraged by Correa, who has personally sued
newspapers and journalists, Velásquez says, the subjects of Teleamazonas news
reports are now filing between two and five lawsuits per month against the
station.

New
York, September 20, 2012--Ecuadoran authorities must immediately investigate
threats against Janet Hinostroza, a journalist with the private network
Teleamazonas, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The threats have
forced Hinostroza to take a temporary leave of absence.